John Logan Miller
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Jemima Murry
Jemima Murry
1830 - 1888
Children
Edward Sherman Miller
Edward Sherman Miller
1866 - 1942

1850


Age: 17y
1850 United States Senator Daniel Webster gives his "Seventh of March" speech in which he endorses the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war.

1865


Jun 29
Age: 33y

military


He was in a private in Company A of the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry in the Civil War. His infantry would have been present at Appomattox as well as for the surrender of General Robert E. Lee.
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1865 Francis Galton, polymath inventor of the weather map and the silent dog whistle, introduces eugenics.

1903


Mar 2
Age: 71y
1903 • The Hay–Herrán Treaty, granting the United States the right to build the Panama Canal, is ratified by the United States Senate. The Colombian Senate later rejects the treaty.

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